By Mark Daniels Masslive.com

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FOXBOROUGH – As an offensive-minded coach, Thomas Brown has worked with some of the best in the NFL.

After coaching in college, he joined the Los Angeles Rams organization to work with head coach Sean McVay for three seasons. Known as one of the brightest offensive minds in the league, McVay’s Rams teams run a West Coast-type offense.

This offseason, Brown joined the Patriots to work with offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. Also considered one of the best offensive minds in football, McDaniels runs a different offensive system from McVay, rooted in the Erhardt-Perkins system.

For Thomas, the experiences with McVay and McDaniels have been different, but the Patriots tight ends coach noted a similar characteristic for both coaches.

“They’re both different individuals, different offensive systems and philosophies,” Brown told MassLive. “I think both are really good with what they do. There’s a strong conviction. There’s obviously a presence, a command, a love of detail is required to be very successful for the amount of time they’ve both been good in their own roles. It’s different in its own way, which is good.”

For Thomas, who is also the Patriots pass game coordinator, working with McDaniels has allowed him to bring a different perspective. That was seen last weekend in the Patriots win over the Miami Dolphins.

In Week 2, the Patriots offensive game plan and scheme looked different. There were more zone runs and players used in motion before the snap. Some of the concepts seen in Miami are based on what’s seen in the West Coast system with coaches like McVay.

On Wednesday, McDaniels noted that he’s leaned on his coaching staff to help him learn new concepts to implement with Drake Maye and the offense.

“Our evolution is not done. What are we going to eventually become? The best version of ourselves, hopefully,” McDaniels said. “I think they have a lot of experience that I don’t have. I think we’ve all been very open-minded to trying things that hopefully fit our team and our players. As we go through the season, we’ll probably see more and more little things here and there. Hopefully, we’re zeroing in on what we do best. Yes, it has been very helpful to be around those guys, absolutely.”

Thomas said that every week for the Patriots will be different when it comes to the game plan. The Patriots plan on building their offense in a way that best matches up with their opponent’s defense.

Brown, a veteran coach who was in Chicago last season, said he’s enjoyed working with McDaniels due to his willingness to collaborate with his staff. The veteran offensive coordinator is open to ideas from coaches, like Thomas, who have different experiences in different systems.

Last week, that seemed to benefit the Patriots.

“The collaboration piece. Obviously, he mentioned to you guys us working together as a staff,” Thomas said. “There’s a foundational philosophy, a philosophical belief when it comes to how the offense is built, but him being open to other ideas that kind of fit into our scheme and our players is always cool to share a couple of ideas, make some tweaks, and be able to, for him, to delegate some roles and responsibilities.

“He’s the coordinator. He’s over the entire offense as every coordinator should be, but there’s also a level of respect for us coaches to give us the opportunity to do our jobs at a high level, but also contribute to the game plan, also to our players as well.”